Kovai language
Kovai is a Papuan language spoken on Umboi Island, halfway between mainland Papua New Guinea and the island of New Britain, and mostly within the caldera of that volcanic island.
Phonology
Vowels
- Vowels may be heard as lax when in closed syllables.
Consonants
- In word-final position /b É¡/ can be heard as devoiced , and may also be realized as fricatives in intervocalic positions.